Mandonna is going to host her first concert in Switzerland at the end of August. The tickets went on sale at 8am, restricted to 4 per person, sold out within 3 hours ( 60'000 tickets) and then started appearing on the internet auction sites at a premium on what the sellers had paid for them. Some people are even selling up to 8 tickets, how did they manage to get them :crazy:

Maybe I am old fashioned, but it seems totally immoral to me. It robs the real fans of a chance to get tickets at standard price, and is just a ploy to make a quick buck. I guess if no one bought them at inflated prices then maybe the practice would stop. Mind you, looking a bit closer, it seems that people are only bidding on those that are reasonably priced, so serves the others right. :>

I have dreamt up a new system, where a ticket swipe card is issued to all who want one, at maybe Fr10 per card, with a photo on it. Then when the owner wants to go to a concert, he buys on line, or at the booths as normal, gives his card number, and his purchase is registered. Then he scans his card in at the venue, if necessary also show another piece of ID or have the photo checked and gains admittance. Then if he couldn't go, he could deregister and get his money back, and the place can be sold on by the promoters and not by the touts. It is brilliant, you read it here first :DD